[489] Plutus is son of Demeter and Iasion, Theog. 969 f. Cf. scolium in Athen. xiv. 694 “Πλούτου μητέρ᾽ Ὀλυμπίαν ἀείδω”
“Δήμητρα στεφανηφόροις ἐν ὥραις”,“σέτε, παῖ Διός, Φερσεφόνη”; see Preller-Robert i.^{2} p. 767 n. 5 and 780, Svoronos p. 387 f. The name of Plutus follows those of Demeter and Cora in a prayer, Thesm. 296. Demeter is “πλουτοδότειρα” in Orph. h. 40. 3.
ἄφενος: neuter, as always in Homer (in Il. 23.299 there is a variant “ἄφενον”). Only here in the Hymns.

